Celebrity Big Brother: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Originally created as a one-off tie-in series by Channel 4 in association with the BBC's Comic Relief charity telethon, Celebrity Big Brother is now a full spin-off of Big Brother in the UK, airing on Channel 5. The series features a number of celebrity contestants living in the Big Brother House, trying to avoid eviction by the public. Emma Willis is the current presenter of the series, as she has become the face of Channel 5's Big Brother, she replaced Brian Dowling who presented the first four series on Channel 5 (2011-2013) and Davina McCall who hosted the first seven series for original broadcaster Channel 4 (2001-2010). Since the show moved to Channel 5 in 2011, the series traditionally airs two series a year, with one at the start of the year and one after the normal civilian run of Big Brother in August/September.

Series details

• Title: Celebrity Big Brother
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2001-03-10
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-09-10
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: 5
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 61 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6/10
• TVMaze ID: 1516

Cast and credited roles

• Marcus Bentley — Narrator
• Emma Willis — Presenter
• Davina McCall — Presenter
• Brian Dowling — Presenter

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2001-03-10; final listed air date 2001-03-16; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 2002-11-20; final listed air date 2002-11-29; episode order: 11.
• Season 3: premiered 2005-01-06; final listed air date 2005-01-23; episode order: 18.
• Season 4: premiered 2006-01-05; final listed air date 2006-01-27; episode order: 23.
• Season 5: premiered 2007-01-03; final listed air date 2007-01-28; episode order: 26.
• Season 6: premiered 2009-01-02; final listed air date 2009-01-23; episode order: 22.
• Season 7: premiered 2010-01-03; final listed air date 2010-01-29; episode order: 33.
• Season 8: premiered 2011-08-18; final listed air date 2011-09-08; episode order: 22.
• Season 9: premiered 2012-01-05; final listed air date 2012-01-27; episode order: 25.
• Season 10: premiered 2012-08-15; final listed air date 2012-09-07; episode order: 32.
• Season 11: premiered 2013-01-03; final listed air date 2013-01-25; episode order: 27.
• Season 12: premiered 2013-08-22; final listed air date 2013-09-13; episode order: 26.
• Season 13: premiered 2014-01-03; final listed air date 2014-01-29; episode order: 27.
• Season 14: premiered 2014-08-18; final listed air date 2014-09-12; episode order: 26.
• Season 15: premiered 2015-01-07; final listed air date 2015-02-06; episode order: 31.
• Season 16: premiered 2015-08-27; final listed air date 2015-09-25; episode order: 30.
• Season 17: premiered 2016-01-05; final listed air date 2016-02-05; episode order: 41.
• Season 18: premiered 2016-07-28; final listed air date 2016-08-26; episode order: 33.
• Season 19: premiered 2017-01-03; final listed air date 2017-02-03.
• Season 20: premiered 2017-08-01; final listed air date 2017-08-25.
• Season 21: premiered 2018-01-02; final listed air date 2018-02-02.
• Season 22: premiered 2018-08-16; final listed air date 2018-09-10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Celebrity Big Brother on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.